All the stories tagged with appstore
NOOK App downloads hit 1 million milestone
05/16/2011, Barnes & Noble’s NOOK App has just arrived at a new milestone – we are talking about touching the 1 million download mark. Of course, that is still very far away from Apple’s App Store that hit the historical 10 [...]
Microsoft joins App Store trademark fight against Apple
05/14/2011, Microsoft intends to throw its weight into the ring against Apple where the App Store trademark is concerned, as the software giant has teamed up with mobile companies HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson in order to go up against Apple’s [...]
Windows 8 App Store almost in the flesh
05/03/2011, There were rumors in the past concerning a Windows 8 app store, and it has since been proven to be the real deal today after a code check was run, resulting in numerous references. In some ways similar to the [...]
Amazon Appstore version 1.11 unleashed
04/26/2011, Amazon has just updated their Appstore to version 1.11, which will be an alternative to the Google Android Market – so those who are rocking to the Appstore (which has been getting into some legal wrangles with Apple, of course) [...]
Amazon Appstore credits comes with Android device purchase
04/25/2011, If you’re currently on the lookout for an Android-powered device and decide to pick one up from Amazon, then you will be pleased to know that the Internet retail giant will continue to give its backing to the Appstore for [...]
Samsung Apps store arrives at 100 million downloads
03/24/2011, The Samsung Apps store has just crossed the 100 million download mark, which is pretty impressive considering the whole store isn’t even a year old. Of course, this pales in comparison with Apple’s App Store and their passing of the [...]
Amazon launches Appstore with Angry Birds Rio and gets sued by Apple
03/22/2011, Looks like previous reports about the Amazon Appstore launching today were right. The Amazon Appstore is now for folks in the US, and offers 3,800 apps at the moment. The latest version of the addictive pig-smashing game, Angry Birds Rio [...]
Apple opens AppStore Twitter account
01/24/2011, We all know that Apple recently hit the 10 billion app download mark, and now they’ve set up a Twitter account for the App Store. It is uncertain if the two events are related, but we do know that the [...]
$10,000 winning call from Apple hung up by lady
01/23/2011, You know how skeptical the world is when a lady actually hung up when an Apple rep called her to tell her that she was the winner of a $10,000 gift card simply by virtue of her downloading the 10 [...]
10 billion App Store downloads and still counting
01/23/2011, Well, that didn’t take too long, did it? It is slightly more than a week since Apple posted about their 10 billion App Store download counter, and in that time period, this milestone was achieved. To get a visual idea [...]
Mac App Store to open this January 6, 2011
12/16/2010, Apple’s latest Mac App Store has been announced to open for business when January 6, 2011 rolls around. Basically, this means the entire App Store experience can now be ported over to Mac OS X, letting you enjoy it right [...]
Apple App Store to sell solitary iLife apps
10/22/2010, It seems that those who want to pick up the recently announced iLife ’11 will be able to do so without breaking the bank – in fact, we’re looking at a $14.99 price point, as one can see from the [...]
Camera+ app removed from App Store
08/12/2010, It has taken less than two weeks before Apple removed the updated version of the Camera+ photography app from the App Store, as Cupertino discovered that this latest build came with a hidden feature which will let the volume buttons [...]